A Night in Shanghai

The Society held its annual Dinner and Dance on 4 November 2006 at the Raffles City Convention Centre. We were honoured to have as guest of honour, the President of the Republic of Singapore, Mr S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan. Gracing the occasion also were Professor S Jayakumar and Mrs Jayakumar; the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Mrs Chan; Attorney-General Chao Hick Tin and Mrs Chao; the Honourable Judge of Appeal, Justice Andrew Phang and Mrs Phang; the Honourable Solicitors-General, Mr Chan Seng Onn and Professor Walter Woon, as well as Judges and Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. Many members and guests were gamely attired in Chinese costumes, in keeping with the ‘A Night in Shanghai’ theme. The night’s entertainment included the traditional Chinese art of mask changing and a martial arts performance by a Shaolin troupe.

Following speeches by President Nathan and Law Society President Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, SC, both of which are reproduced in this issue of the Gazette, Plaques of Appreciation and Friends of the Law Society Awards were presented respectively to several Law Society members and non-members for their significant contributions to the Society. The C C Tan Award was presented this year to Mr Giam Chin Toon, SC. A special surprise tribute was also paid to the CEO of the Society, Ms Yasho Dhoraisingam. Read the full citations for the award winners in the following pages.

(L to R): Mrs Chao Hick Tin, Mrs Jayakumar, the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Prof S Jayakumar

President and Mrs Nathan with Mr and Mrs Philip Jeyaretnam

The Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Mrs Elisabeth Chan being greeted by Mr Michael S Chia

Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, SC presenting a token of appreciation to President Nathan 

(L to R): Mr Giam Chin Toon, SC, Mr Harry Elias, SC, Mr TPB Menon and Mr C R Rajah, SC

(L to R): Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, SC, Professor Tan Cheng Han, SC, Attorney-General Chao Hick Tin, Mrs Michael Hwang, Mr Michael Hwang, SC and Mrs Cindy Jeyaretnam

(L to R): Mr T Q Lim, Mr Rajan Chettiar and Ms Ambika Rajendran

(L to R): Ms Juthika Ramanathan, Professor Tan Cheng Han, SC, Ms Malathi Das and Judge of Appeal, Justice Andrew Phang

(L to R): Judicial Commissioner Sundaresh Menon and Mr and Mrs C R Rajah

(L to R): Mr Yap Teong Liang, Justice Woo Bih Li, Mr Harry Elias, SC and Mr  Chan Seng Onn

President S R Nathan chatting with the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong

(L to R): Mr Warren Khoo and Mr and Mrs Goh Phai Cheng

(L to R): Mr Ganesh Chandru, Mr Soh Kee Bun and Mr Chia Boon Teck

Mr Tan Seng Chuan, Ms Angeline Lee and Mr Chandra Mohan K Nair

Many of the guests gamely sported Chinese costumes

Mr Giam Chin Toon, SC, with guests from Wee Swee Teow & Co

Some of the guests hamming it up for the camera

Mrs Anamah Tan having her fortune read by a fortune teller specially brought in for the event

The elated winner of the first prize in the lucky draw, Mr David Chan, receiving his prize from Mr Francois Monnet of UBS AG

The Shaolin Matrix martial arts performance wows the audience